Bird and Animal Texturing Class – Power Carving and Burning

Feathering and Fur Texture Workshop with Lynn Burnett

Join Lynn for a one day workshop on texturing your bird or animal carving. Bring your completed and thoroughly sanded bird or animal carving and
she will demonstrate feather or fur texturing techniques. It generally takes at least twice as long to texture a bird as it takes to carve it.  Animal texturing is also time consuming so you will not be leaving this class with a completed piece but you should have the knowledge and skills to do it on your own after taking this one day class.

To do texturing you will need to bring the following:
A completed bird or animal carving that is thoroughly sanded to remove all tool marks. Any tool marks may show through texturing. You will also need to bring reference photos of the animal or bird you are carving.

This class is a great follow-up to her Smoothie Chickadee class that was hosted here just a few weeks ago.

This Class will be held Saturday April 26th, 2025 from 9am-4pm

Registration deadline will be April 24th.

Max. number of students is 8, space is limited.

When processing registration payment, we will deduct the shipping fee from the online order for this class.

List of tools and equipment needed for this class.

Supplies:

You will need to bring your power carver and some diamond or ruby bits and small stones. These are used to texture the soft body feathers  on the belly, back and head of a bird carving.  For animal carving the bits would be used to create wrinkles and folds in the skin of the animal before  the fur is burnt on. Taper, cylinder shapes, flames and spheres will be the required shapes needed to texture these carvings.

Finally, you will need to bring your wood burner and a thin flat pen for feather barbs and a skew pen for feather barbs and edges. These are used to texture the hard flight feathers and some small highlight detailing on the soft feathers and around the eyes of a bird. Animal carvings will not require the skew pen.

You can see Cindy in store for more information.